Crispy salad and crunchy bread started off the meal this evening. Guests then enjoyed an egg curry with naan. Then they applesolutely enjoyed the crumble with custard. Darshini, Lucie and Sam took charge in the kitchen, making sure everything was prepared properly. None of this could have happened if it wasn’t for Gill who collected the food today. Neill, Omar and I hosted. There were flowers on every table.

This evening we served 46 guests plus takeaways . It was great team work and effort from everyone as always- food collection team, cooking team, hosting team , host and helpers , pot washer 🧼, team/project leaders ❤️

Thank you everyone for making people the guests such a fabulous meal. 😊

On today’s menu was:

Starter Tomato 🍅 salad and bread 🥖 Main Egg curry 🍛 and naan Dessert Apple 🍎 crumble and custard.

Thank you everyone!

There was a smaller team at FoodCycle tonight. Gill came down earlier to deliver take away boxes and have a bit of a tidy of the store room. Lucie joined the cooking team, Sam did a great job as Pot Washer, and Neill and Susannah were hosts with the most.

There were a lot of carrots in the food donations and the cooking team were able to turn these into a delicious carrotty chilli, as well as including them in the frittata starter.

36 guests were served and there were also takeaways for many of the volunteers. It was great team work and effort from everyone.

If you can't stand the heat... but we couldn't stay out of the kitchen as it was FoodCycle day. Gill had come in early to make pastry for quiches but once they were cooked the oven was turned off and the focus for Gill and Martin was on making salads. It was lovely to see Chanel who was on food collection, but then returned to join Gail, Susannah and Neill in the hosting team. A lovely summer menu which guests and volunteers enjoyed . A mixed melon starter, quiche with warm potato salad, mixed salad and coleslaw. And for dessert a fruit salad with a fruit lie and fairy cake. Well done team. Good food from GoodGym.

We had a fabulous turn out from GoodGym to support at FoodCycle this afternoon, and with a fridge full of eggs the cooking team had to come up with some new and innovative ways of using them to produce a delicious and nutritious meal. Gill had arrived early and made a start on pudding - using up some of the chocolate Easter eggs that had been donated a while ago, and about 20 hens eggs to create some delicious chocolate tarts. Lucie and Gill then made a start on the main course with some help from one of the new FoodCycle volunteers and one of our more experienced friends. Peppers were decapitated, roasted and then filled with a spicy rice filling and topped with an egg. The starter was a delightful crushed and roasted potato dish made up by two more of the FoodCyclers.

It was good to have Sam back with us on pot washing duties -she is incredible at this vital role. And Darshini joined us as a host along with Susannah, and Chrisshane (who was eggperiencing her first time as a volunteer at FoodCycle. They did a grand job of setting up the tables, serving the guests and clearing up afterwards.

It really was an eggcellent effort from everyone and the guests were eggstatic about the delicious meal.

There was a Tex-Mex vibe to the meal at FoodCycle today and we had 5 GoodGymers helping to make it success. Gill arrived very early as she was Project Leader in the kitchen and got the church unlocked, and prepared the kitchen for the cooking team before turning her attention to the dessert - home made churros and a warm chocolate sauce. Lucie arrived and was soon making magic with a like of potatoes, turning them into delicious spicy wedges to accompany fajitas while Neill and Bauryzan started setting up the hall, laying the tables and getting everything ready for the guests. Martin joined the kitchen team and created 5 trays of cheesy nachos for the starter. It was good to be able to provide a themed menu and we had lots of happy guests. Neill and Bauryzan did a great job hosting and clearing up after. Another fabulous team effort.

Another fabulous evening at FoodCycle for 5 Goodgymers. Whether in the cooking team or hosting team there was a great camaraderie for the volunteers tonight, who were absolutely on fire. Three course were prepped and served in record time and it was a delicious menu. Carrot and potato soup to start, then tofu carrot, cashew meat(less) balls on a mountain of spaghetti with tomato and red pepper sauce, followed up with fredh fruit salad and cake. 33 sit down guests and 10 takeaways enjoyed the home cooked fare and it was lovely to see so many empty plates. We had some really positive feedback from the guests too. Another successful task - well done team.